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• jam   /dʒæm/ DJ   /dʒæm/ KK
  • noun
    • 果酱 a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar, often sold in jars and spread on breaduncountable countable
      • 草莓酱 strawberry jam
      • 果酱和蜜饯的制作方法 recipes for jams and preserves
      • 果酱炸面圈 a jam doughnutBritish English
      • See also:
        jelly;   marmalade
    • 拥挤；堵塞 a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular placecountable
      • 公共汽车因长达五英里的交通堵塞而延误。 The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam.
      • 因球迷们都急于离开，所有出口都给阻塞了。 As fans rushed to leave, jams formed at all the exits.
      • See also:
        traffic jam
    • Idiom:
      be in a jam informal
      • 陷入困境 to be in a difficult situation
    • Idiom:
      jam tomorrow British English, informal
      • 可望而不可即的美好未来；许而不予的好东西 good things that are promised for the future but never happen
        • 他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。 They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
    • See also:
      money for jam/old rope
  • verb
    • 使劲（往某处）挤（或压、塞） to push something somewhere with a lot of forceVN VN + adv./prep.
      • 他用手指使劲堵住耳朵。 He jammed his fingers in his ears.
      • 门被一个凳子顶住了。 A stool had been jammed against the door.
    • （使）卡住，不能动弹，不能运转 to become unable to move or work; to make something do this~ (sth) (up)
      • 这复印机总是卡纸。 The photocopier keeps jamming up.V
      • 有个零件松了经常卡住机器。 There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism.VN
      • 阀门给卡住了打不开。 The valve has jammed shut.V-ADJ
      • 他用一块木头卡住门让它开着。 He jammed the door open with a piece of wood.VN-ADJ
    • 塞入；塞进；挤进 to put somebody/something into a small space where there is very little room to moveVN + adv./prep.
      • 我们六个人被塞进一辆小汽车里。 Six of us were jammed into one small car.VN
      • 我们像罐头里的沙丁鱼一般紧紧挤在一起。 We were jammed together like sardines in a can.
      • 橱柜里塞满了旧报纸。 The cupboards were jammed full of old newspapers.
      • 近 1/f000 名学生挤到礼堂里。 Nearly 1 000 students jammed into the hall.V
      • See also:
        jam-packed
    • 挤满；塞紧 to fill something with a large number of people or things so that it is unable to function as it shouldVN ~ sth (up) (with sb/sth)
      • 打电话投诉的观众使总机应接不暇。 Viewers jammed the switchboard with complaints.
    • （发射无线电波）干扰 to send out radio signals to prevent another radio broadcast from being heardVN technical
    • 即兴演奏 to play music with other musicians in an informal way without preparing or practising firstV VN
    • Idiom:
      jam on the brake(s);   jam the brake(s) on
      • 猛踩刹车 to operate the brakes on a vehicle suddenly and with force
        • 他紧急刹车时汽车向前滑了一段路。 The car skidded as he jammed on the brakes.

English dictionary

• jam
  • Squeeze or pack (someone or something) tightly into a specified space
  • Push (something) roughly and forcibly into position or a space
  • Crowd onto (a road) so as to block it

Related phrases

• Jam.
  Jamaica
• jam jar
  果酱瓶；果酱罐
• jam-packed
  挤满；拥挤
• jam session
  即兴演奏会
• traffic jam
  堵车；交通阻塞
• be in a jam
  陷入困境
• jam tomorrow
  可望而不可即的美好未来；许而不予的好东西
• jam on the brake(s),  jam the brake(s) on
  猛踩刹车
• money for jam/old rope
  容易赚的钱财
• jam in
  用力把...塞进去

Related languages

• jam is also a word in: česky

Synonyms

• verb: squeeze, press, cram, stuff, crowd
• noun: squeeze, congestion, marmalade, preserve

Web translations

Usage examples

• "We feel, especially in the division, we need a little more jam on our team," Tortorella said. "Hopefully (Avery) can kick in a couple of goals. When he's concentrating on playing under a team concept, he's an effective player. That's what...
  Mar 3, 2009 -  John Tortorella -  NHL.com
• "My goal was to move the ball in and out," said Byrd, who used the same strategy to beat the Yankees in the Bronx last week. "I really didn't strike anybody out. I was hoping to jam some people."
  Oct 16, 2007 -  Paul Byrd -  SI.com
• "I think it's a real mistake to try to jam through the total health insurance reform, health care reform plan that the public is either opposed to or of very, very passionate mixed minds about," Lieberman said. "It's not good for the system....
  Aug 23, 2009 -  Joe Lieberman -  Huffington Post (blog)

Web definitions

• • throng: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
    
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• • push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
    
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• • crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
    
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